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Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2022

Bayonne · 15 October 2022 · 12 events · 56 competitors · 58 personal bests

Arthur Garcin won four of the twelve events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Quentin Rivault by 0.27 seconds. 56 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Slimane Siroukane set the 6×6 single national record: 4:32.39.

Four wins
Arthur Garcin — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.27s
closest final — 3×3, Quentin Rivault over Juliette Sébastien
58
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Quentin Rivault6.588.45
2×2Alaric Pouchain1.501.61
4×4Juliette Sébastien27.1532.27
6×6Étienne Aubry2:13.512:17.79
7×7Étienne Aubry2:53.042:56.35
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin22.95—
3×3 Fewest MovesAlaric Pouchain26 moves—
ClockAlaric Pouchain9.6711.19
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien39.0241.31
4×4 blindfoldedArthur Garcin2:53.90—
5×5 blindfoldedArthur Garcin——
3×3 Multi-BlindArthur Garcin15 of 18 cubes · 47:42—

The PB harvest

58 set · 16 still standing
  • Alaric Pouchain — 2×2 single 0.91: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
  • Enzo Perriat — 2×2 single 1.32: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Baptiste Hennuy — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Slimane Siroukane — 3×3 single 12.42: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Maxim Dubernat — Megaminx single 1:32.31: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
  • Elliott Berenger-Page — 3×3 single 19.07: into the top 37.3% of the event's history.
  • Quentin Rivault — 4×4 blindfolded single 7:27.68: into the top 40.2% of the event's history.
  • Alaric Pouchain — Megaminx single 1:53.51: into the top 42.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 267 results · 12 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Quentin Rivault won it with a 8.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1L' B' U2 B' R2 D L2 R2 F2 D U2 L2 R2 B' D2 U R B2 R2 B
  2. 2F' R' B2 F2 U B2 D2 R2 D' R2 U' B' D R' D F U2 L R'
  3. 3D2 F2 D2 F2 L2 U R2 B2 F' L2 D' R' B L' F U' B F2 R2
  4. 4R U B' D2 R F2 B' L F D F R2 F' L2 B2 D2 F L2 F2 U2
  5. 5R F R' B2 R2 B L2 F' L2 B D2 R D' F' U B D L D'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.